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$60.9 Million Verdict for Brain-Injured Baby

Led by partner Deborah J. Gander, the firm in 2005 obtained $60.9 million in injury compensation, the largest amount ever awarded in a Federal Tort Claims Act case in the country. Federal Judge Jose A. Gonzalez found the Obstetrics Clinic in Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville, Florida, liable for medical negligence in the delivery of a brain-injured baby.

Our class action team achieved a $100 million settlement from Service Corporation International (SCI), a national funeral company, and its subsidiary, Menorah Gardens Cemetery. The case alleged that the companies buried families in the wrong graves, and the company agreed to compensate for the families’ grievances and provide in-kind services.

Lion Air Flight 610 Update: Investigators Release Preliminary Crash ReportOn October 29, 2018, a Lion Air flight traveling from Jakarta, Indonesia to Pangkal Pinang crashed into the Java Sea after experiencing a flight control problem minutes after departure. There were no survivors. The Republic of Indonesia’s Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi (KNKT) recently published a preliminary report about Lion Air ...

NHTSA Investigates General Motors Over Faulty Braking SystemAccording to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation (ODI), more than 2.7 million General Motors (GM) vehicles could be affected by deteriorating brake assist vacuum pumps. After receiving 111 complaints about 2014, 2015 and 2016 truck and SUV models, NHTSA has launched an ...

Marriott Discloses 500 Million Guests Affected by Starwood’s Database HackAccording to Marriott’s press release, Starwood’s guest reservation database was hacked. On September 8, 2018, Marriott International received an internal alert about an unauthorized user attempting to access the Starwood guest reservation database. Since then, investigators found copied and encrypted information from an authorized user. ...

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What Happens if I am in a Florida Bus Accident?

Attorney Deborah Gander Explains Liability

Many parties could be responsible for the injuries you sustained in a bus accident: the company who trains the bus driver, the municipal agency responsible for regulating area buses, the driver for acting in negligence and auto companies that manufacture faulty components or install them incorrectly. As bus accident lawyer Deborah Gander explains here, the best bet is to speak with an attorney immediately so she can start building a case with the best evidence.

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In a bus accident case that I handled, my client was waiting to get on a Metro bus. While it was stopped, she was tying her shoe and fell under the Metro bus. Although there are mirrors all over a Metro bus, and the policies and procedures of Metro Dade County require the driver to do a certain order of looking in the mirrors before they pull off, this driver had failed to do that and he drove off over my client, dragging her down the street behind the bus.

She had a degloving injury, which means from her shoulder to her wrist the skin was stripped off down to the muscle and the bone. That was how the paramedics found her, and she…extremely fortunate to be in Miami Dade County where we have Ryder Trauma Center right over at Jackson. Those doctors worked very hard and they were able to get her back a lot of function, but not full function. Certainly the cosmetic result was horrifying. It was never going to get better in that regard. We were able to get full compensation for her injury.

In addition, because it was in Metro Dade County, there is a cap on that, and to get the excess amount over what the jury gives vs. what the cap is, we had to get a bill passed through the legislature and get the legislature to vote to pay this lady her money. We handled that aspect as well, and my client did get paid. She did get compensated.

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(*) Disclaimer: All verdicts and settlements listed here are gross amounts before deductions for attorney fees and costs. Past results do not guarantee similar results in the future. Most cases result in a lower recovery. It should not be assumed that your case will have as beneficial a result.